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The first class, called the ''Toma''-class (''toma'' means "primary, foremost"), is reserved almost exclusively for humans and certain domesticated animals; a few exceptions occur, such as weapons, or toponyms that are clearly of Golahát origin.  Nouns in the ''Toma-''class end in either a final ''-e'', ''-n'', ''-en'', or ''-ne'' in the nominative singular, depending on whether the root ends in a vowel or consonant.  Notice that the Accusative is unmarked.  Plurality is indicated by CV- reduplication of the first syllable of the root, plus an optional ''-ha'' final suffix added to the case suffix.  

Higher animals, particularly mammals and birds, and humans that tend to lack or be deficient in agency, such as infants, make up the second noun class, the ''Reváni''-class (''reváni'' means "honored, honorable").  Unlike the ''Toma'' nouns, the Nominative case is unmarked while the Accusative is explicitly marked.